Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry comprised of three phrases.
Traditional haiku uses 17 syllables (5:7:5) but contemporary haiku in English often ignores this rule. A haiku is typically about nature, the earth and the natural world and are designed to be thought-provoking. These original haiku poems are by Anthony Rutledge and are mostly written in the contemporary free style format.
There are over 2,000 Haiku on this site in ten different themes: Australian, Beach, Garden Sundial, In the Mirror,Kimono,Motherhood,Ships and Oceans,Spring,Windjammers and Miscellaneous.
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camping
last cling to earth...
a Gum tree fells a younger
open tent
when a dot becomes an eagle
from the sky blue
camping
our Milky Way
on the edge... seeing within
camping
the owl's turn to
the hint of a moth
camping
the shadows of a dance
out of the flames
weekend camp
a feral cat
sniffs the meat
open tent
eucalypti touching
across the river
camping
the mirage the sun bakes
from an empty sky
camp fire
stirring the coals
I fall to a dream
camping
the smells of the forest
mixes with rain
camp fire
her silhouette sips wine
in a billion stars
open tent
a boulder stands in
the sound of white water
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